Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
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posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 7:49 AM
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I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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The article notes that, were the house to be built, there'd be a special heating system to keep the interior climate human-friendly whatever the outside weather. I wonder whether they've thought of just using a vacuum between panes so that there'd be nothing to conduct heat or cold through the walls. Then again... even with a vacuum, there'd still be a need for a heating/cooling system. Unless the idea is to return to layered furs and nakedness as a way of adapting to interior temps.
I think we need complete transparency on all issues . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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